Detail

Area

Pakistan

Commodity Group

Sugar

Commodity

All

Date

01/03/2013

Policy Category

Trade

Policy Instrument

Export subsidy and taxes

Description

Freight subsidy of Rs 1.75/kg ($18/ton) approved by the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC)for the export of up to 1.2 million tons of sugar. Federal excise duty lowered by Federal Board of Revenue on domestic sugar sales from 8.0 percent to 0.5 percent.